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JOSEPH MILTON BUTLER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
October 21, 1940 – December 23, 1965
Service recordJoseph Milton Butler, of Culver City, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 23, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 36
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Personnelman (PN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- NMCB 10 3 NC BDE
- Born
- October 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Culver City, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 23, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 23, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 36
- MARYLAND CHATTENPrivate · December 24, 1965
- JOSEPH CHRISTIANOColonel · December 24, 1965
- WILLIAM KEVIN COLWELLChief Master Sergeant · December 24, 1965
- EARL LEE CROMWELLPrivate · December 24, 1965
From Culver City
- PAUL GLEN DAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- FRANCISCO XAVIER SAENZPrivate First Class · June 13, 1965
- MICHAEL VINASSASpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS PITTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1966
- CLIFFORD JAMES VOLKE IISergeant · January 23, 1968
- WILLIAM JOHN KRALIKCorporal · April 13, 1968
- JACK BURT GORTONSergeant · May 17, 1968
- MICHAEL ANTHONY MINKOSergeant · December 22, 1968
- TED DOUGLAS MILLSSergeant · March 21, 1969
- JIMMY WAYNE PHIPPSPrivate First Class · May 27, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.